Thematic Analysis Essay 3, Acts 13:1 - 28:31

Thematic Analysis: Acts 13:1-28:31 NameClassProfessor DateGeographic and Ethnic Advance Acts 1:8 presents geographical advance of the proclamation of the gospel tothe most remote parts of the earth and the gentiles.Cornelius is involved in the expansion of the early church to gentiles;prior to this the churches in Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch restricted the gospel to Jewish ethnicity. In Acts 11:19-21 ethnic expansion of the witness and proclamation of the gospel is observed when Jewish Cypriots and Cyrenaic witnessed to gentiles in Antioch. Evidence of evangelization to the gentiles is seen in the activities of Barnabas also. Luke stated that he and many others preached the word of the lord in Antioch (Acts 15:35). The results of the theme of geographic and ethnic expansion are seen in the composition of the church at Antioch. As narrated by Luke the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch came from different ethnicities and geographic regions. For example Barnabas although Jewish came from Cyprus, Simeon could have been of African descent, Lucius came from Cyrene and Saul came from Tarsus (Acts 13:1). In Cyprus, Paul and Barnabas